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Date
1855
Description
1854/56: Album page with ½ a. blue used (4), three are plated, 1 a. red used (2) both are Die I, one with bold "86" numeral; 4 a. red & blue with Frame Die II; and an attractive 1855 entire letter used from Bombay to Serore tied by dotted lozenge - this last with cert. RPSL (2018). Scarce and attractive group.
Auction
357th-366th Corinphila Auction, Lot 101, (2025)
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Other recorded marks at Bombay
111 marks111 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bombay are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
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About this Bombay pre stamp cover
COV-4468 is a Bombay pre stamp cover of 1855 bearing the Bombay X4 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Bombay postal history — the office known today as Mumbai, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1854/56: Album page with ½ a. blue used (4), three are plated, 1 a. red used (2) both are Die I, one with bold "86" numeral; 4 a. red & blue with Frame Die II; and an attractive 1855 entire letter used from Bombay to Serore tied by dotted lozenge - this last with cert. RPSL (2018). Scarce and attractive group.
Its recorded auction history runs through Corinphila Auctions 357th-366th Corinphila Auction lot 101 (2025).
1 image of COV-4468 is recorded (front); the Bombay X4 mark itself is recorded in use 1851.
Questions about COV-4468
- What is COV-4468?
- COV-4468 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bombay, Bombay Presidency of 1855, bearing the Bombay X4 handstamp in black. 1854/56: Album page with ½ a. blue used (4), three are plated, 1 a. red used (2) both are Die I, one with bold "86" numeral; 4 a. red & blue with Frame Die II; and an attractive 1855 entire letter used from Bombay to Serore tied by dotted lozenge - this last with cert. RPSL (2018). Scarce and attractive group.
- How scarce is the Bombay X4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bombay X4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1851.
- What is the provenance of COV-4468?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Corinphila Auctions 357th-366th Corinphila Auction lot 101 (2025).
- When was COV-4468 posted?
- COV-4468 is dated 1855, within the recorded period of use of Bombay X4 (1851).
About this record
This 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bombay X4 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Corinphila Auctions, 357th-366th Corinphila Auction, lot 101, (2025).